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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2000-01-12, Page 3THE HURON EXPOSITOR, January 12, 2000-3 "She's doing what? When? How many weeks? Really? With Paint? Where? Main Street North. Hmmmm s !" COPUTER CANNON EPSON- LEXMARK • HEWLETT PACKARD •INKJET (Ain-RItx:Es •DISKS rrfs •I'.\PER K:oMPtrFF:R 1..\BUS •I.F:TrERHF..u) • (X>MPt1TFR MX.ESSORIES *LASER TONER (:\RTR11x;F.S "\111.-1.1 11\ I': I'RI(I\(G Help save -our environment...bring in your ink cartridges for recycling PETE'S PAPER CLIP i,� 19 MAIN ST. SEAFORTH,- 527-1681 - a�_r'rr��irrr"r� ` • News Bottling up some funds Seaforth Scouts, Cubs and Beavers were out in the community Saturday morning for a bottle drive to raise funds for events and activities. Among them were Michelle Trapnell and Mandi Denham. Stephanie Dale photo Concern grows that time out on amalgam,atuig Municipalities now awaiting government nod after county approves restructuring plans. By Amy 2oethout can't start their work until plans to date include Goderich Signal Star Staff. Huron municipalities the proposal has been given Township of Goderich, ministry approval. Stanley, • Hullett and Clinton; ' Hay, Bayfield..Hensall and • Ashfield, West Wawanosh continue to wait for the Zurich received. county and Colborne; and Morris approval of 'their support for their plan in ' and Turnberry. All apprdved restructurng plans from the October. - proposals have been Ministry of Municipal. "It does make timing forwarded to the ministry. •Affairs.• causing. some. awful tight," said county Council gave its concerns about time: planner Gary Davidson. 'unanimous support to the With less than a year "Every week delayed is restructuring proposal .from before the implementation of . going to make the jobs of the Village of Brussels, the county's ,new the transition -committees' Town of Seaforth and more difficult." . Townships of Grey, Davidson added. that the ' McKillop and Tuckersmith ministry has indicated that on Thursday. • each proposal could. take The amalgamation will four to six months to receive create the new municipality approval. Given that of Huron East. timeline, Davidson said they The • five -ward hoped to hear approval on municipality will be Exeter. Stephen and represented.by-La,•mayor and Usborne's . proposal in .. deputy mayor who will be February. This group elected at large and ten received county'support in councillors , two elected September:. from each of the Brussels, Other groups to receive Grey, McKillop. Seaforth county support for thcir and Tuckersmith.wards. The municipalities. Huron C_Qut).ty . councillors ,expressed growing concern Thursday. that lack of ministry approval is holding up transition work that needs to be done before Jan. 1,, 2001. "It could he months before they're approved." said Jack Caleman. of Stanley, adding that time is being' taken away from his group's transition committee. who More car/deer accidents not leading to larger hunt By Dave Emslie Clinton News -Record Editor Although . collisions involving deer were up by about 45 per cent this year in Huron County. plans arc not 'in the works for an expanded deer hunt to control. the population. According to information provided by the Huron OPP, there were 166 collisions involving vehicles and deer in 1998: This figure -rose to 240 for 1999. an increase of roughly 45 per cent. "In some of these cases the damage done to the vehicles was minor while in other , cases the vehicles received major • damage and the occupants inside the vehicle were injured," the OPP report states. "In most of the cases the collisions, were fatallo thc•decr." Despite the increase in collisions involving deer. data collected by the Clinton office of the Ministry of Natural, Resources (MNR) show that the number of deer in the county has not increased. Mike Malhiot. a biologist at the MNR's•Clinton office; noted that the best system for monitoring deer in the -county is through the controlled hunts. "Everyone that participates in the 'controlled gun deer hunt must submit a report," he said. Information collected over the years,.he said, show that the deer population in the cbunty has probably quadrupled in' the period from 1980 to 1995, but since '95 the figures have stayed stable. • - And while the deer population has grown, the MNR has helped to control the size of.the herd by also increasing the hunts. "Over the .last 20 years, we have constantly monitored the herd. During that period. we have gone from a•single three-day hunt. to two six- day hunts," Malhiot stated. He added that hunting numbers over that time have incrcascd. for .both bow hunters. and for those using guns. • . • • • Giving a simplified version of the currcnt regulations, he noted that basically, "one hunter is allowed to take a single' deer.":during the seasons. While figures for'the 1999 hunt have not been finalized. Malhiot noted, "Most groups are•taking the same amount of deer this year as last year." As figures are • 'not indicating an increase in the deer population, he said that thc ministry is not curre ly contemplating a longe deer season or more seasons. If, however, a growing population in the future dictates that more deer should be taken, the ministry has regulations which would allow for hunters to have more than one kill 'in a season. "It is a tool that would allow an increased deer harvest if the local manager decides it is necessary," Malhiot stated. Although there arc no plans to increase the hunt to reduce the'number of deer on thc roads, drivers can take some extra caution. Malhiot suggested that most. collisions occur during the months of. October and November. "simply because the deer are more active at that time of year." because it is breeding season. The OPP also warn'to be more watchful for deeron roads during the early morning or early evening, during the rising'and setting of the sun. "Motorists are being urged • to keep watch when 'driving near wooded areas, swampy 'areas and low lying locations next to rivers where deer will cross thc roadway," the OPP report states. "Remember when one deer is noticed there will be others, as they travel in groups. During the' 'night hours the eyes of deer glow red and this indicates to drivers that they Should slow down and keep watch for them attempting to cross the road:" - Drivers might - also consider installing deer whistles on their vehicles. The OPP installed whistles on all if its cruisers in December of 1998 due to several vehicles being involved in deer collisions, and,trt, "Since they have been installed Huron cruisers have not been involved in any crashes with deer. Officers have been checking. with drivers involved in deer collisions over the past year and only one of the vehicles had a deer whistle installed." The Seaforth to Clinton corridor along Highway 8 is a particularly bad stretch for deer collisions mayor and deputy mayor will represent the municipality oncounty council. .Both the Town of Goderich and Howick Township will standalone. Wingham, Blyth and East Wawanosh have had their plant held up over disputes 'with the county about the Wingham Police Services. When the county voted. last year for a county -wide contract for OPP policing, the Town of Wingham wanted to keep its own force., The county allowed this, writing an exemption in the bylaw. But the • province overturned this decision. stating that there could only beone police force in the. county. s Wingham asked the - county to pay for the costs of disbanding their force; but, thc ' county refused. Wingham is now taking legal action. The issue will'be heard in court in Goderich on Feb. 11. Avon DISTRICT SCHOOL Maitland Learning for a Lifetime Public Community Meetings In accordance with Board Policy No. 18 School Closure Policy. public meetings will be held at each school named for further study for possible school closure. The following meetings will provide . communities with information on school accommodation from a district perspective and information specific to the named school. There will be an opportunity for questions to be asked and feedback to be given - , by the public. Falstaff Public School January 11, 2000 at 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Falstaff Public School Downie Central Public School -. January 12, 2000.at 7:00 p.m.to.9:30 p.m. • at Downie Central Public School . Walton Public School January 13, 2000 at 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Duff's United Church (beside Walton Publi School) • Seaforth Public School. January_ 17. 2000 at 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Seaforth Public School • McCurdy Public School .January 19, 2000 at 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at McCurdy Public School • Seaforth District High School January 20. 2000 at 7:00 p.m, to 9:30'p.m.- • at Seaforth DHS gymnasium • Vanastra Public School • January, 24. 2000 at 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. • at Vanastra Public School For further information contact the Director's Office. FRENCH IMMERSION REGISTRATION Students now in SK and Grade 1 may register for French Immersion beginning next September in Grade One and Grade Two at Bedford Public School in Stratford. Registrations for French Immersion for September 2000, will be accepted beginning Monday. January 10. 2000 to Friday. February 4.2000 Contact your local Public School Principal as soon.as possible. Transportation wiN be provided for students within Stratford who live . outside the Bedford attendance area. Students who live outside • -Stratford may be accommodated, space permitting, on existing bus routes serving Stratford schools. . For further information, contact Dianne Stevenson. Avon Maitland District School Board 62 Chalk Street, North Seaforth, ON NOK 1Wo Telephone (519) 527-0111 or 1-800-592.5437 Fax (519) 527-0222 LORNE RACHLIS WENDY ANDERSON Director of Education Chair We were there... We were there..: to follow the f;te of the EMA grocery store building from its January collapse on Main Street, miraculous- ly not hurting anyone, to the search for an -owner and the even- tual clean up of the site. The Huron Expositor:., covering our community since 18W), "Your Community Newspaper" 100 Main St. Seaforth 527-0240 ,1